44-year-old man jailed, caned for molesting maid

SINGAPORE: A 44-year-old plumber was given the maximum two years' jail for molesting his former Indonesian maid. The stocky, fair-complexioned man will also receive five strokes of the cane. The man, who pleaded guilty to one count of molest on Tuesday, admitted that he had outraged her modesty in his Simei flat on September 30 2009. Channel NewsAsia is not naming him to protect her identity. He had asked the maid to bring his dinner into a bedroom and when she complied, he locked the door before pushing her down. The plumber then pinned the 24-year-old woman to the floor and molested her. Her ordeal only stopped when somebody knocked on the door. The maid bolted out and locked herself inside another room. Deputy Public Prosecutor Lee Zu Zhao said the maid is now working for another family in Singapore. Prior to this, the man was fined S$2,000 in 2001 for insulting another...